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What drawer uses to give touch of colour to material? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crayon

'what drawer uses' is the definition.
(someone drawing might use crayons)

'give touch of colour to material?' is the wordplay.
'give' says to put letters next to each other.
'touch of' says to take the initial letters.
'to material?' becomes 'rayon' (rayon is a type of fabric).
The initial letter of 'colour' is 'c'.
'c'+'rayon' is 'CRAYON'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for crayon that I've seen before include "Drawing-stick" , "(Draw with) a coloured stick" , "pencil (13) [FRENCH]" , "Drawing implement" , "Writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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